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This paper describes the highlights of presentations and discussions during the Third International BCI Meeting in a workshop that evaluated potential brain-computer interface (BCI) signals and currently available recording methods. It... more
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      AlgorithmsBiomedical EngineeringBiotechnologyElectroencephalography
Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology reviews actual trends in modern biotechnology. Its aim is to cover all aspects of this interdisciplinary technology where knowledge, methods and expertise are required for chemistry,... more
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      Chemical EngineeringCelluloseBiofuelsEthanol
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      MultilingualismChild DevelopmentCulturePsychopathology
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      HistoryCultural StudiesAnthropologyNatural History
Health has long been intertwined with the foreign policies of states. In recent years, however, global health issues have risen to the highest levels of international politics and have become accepted as legitimate issues in foreign... more
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      EpidemiologyPovertyGlobal HealthPolitics
The gut bacteria exert phenotypic traits to the host but the factors which determine the gut bacterial profile (GBP) is poorly understood. This study aimed to understand the effect of ethnicity and geography on GBP of Mongoloid and... more
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      PhylogeographyPrincipal Component AnalysisBiodiversityIndia
The increasing use of coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) requires the establishment of standards meant to ensure reliable practice methods and quality outcomes. The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Guidelines... more
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      CardiologyRadiologyComputed TomographyDocumentation
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      EducationQualitative ResearchAdolescent HealthAdolescent
There is no SDM in clinical practice in Brazil. The first steps have been taken towards research and tool development recently. Likewise, our society is starting to get involved with decision making in health care. This paper aims to... more
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      PoliticsForecastingBrazilHealth Policy
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      PsychologyCognitive ScienceCultureLaterality
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      Population GeneticsPrincipal Component AnalysisBiologyAgriculture
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Pharmacogenomics is the study of the myriad interactions between genes and pharmacotherapy. Developments in pharmacogenomics have changed and will affect pharmaceutical research, drug development and the practice of medicine in a... more
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      PhilosophyEthicsApplied EthicsPublic Opinion
Problem According to the International Health Regulations (IHR), countries need to strengthen core capacity for disease surveillance and response systems. Many countries are establishing or enhancing their field epidemiology training... more
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      EpidemiologyIndonesiaHuman ResourceWorkforce Development
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      MeatFishesPolychlorinated BiphenylsInternationality
To date, bioethics and health policy scholarship has given little consideration to questions of aging and intergenerational justice in the developing world. Demographic changes are precipitating rapid population aging in developing... more
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      British medical historyUnited StatesHelsinki DeclarationPublic health systems and services research
Ambulatory ECG (AECG) is very commonly employed in a variety of clinical contexts to detect cardiac arrhythmias and/or arrhythmia patterns which are not readily obtained from the standard ECG. Accurate and timely characterization of... more
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      Biomedical EngineeringMedicineConsensusTelemetry
Background Alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drug use cause considerable morbidity and mortality, but good cross-national epidemiological data are limited. This paper describes such data from the first 17 countries participating in the World... more
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      Mental HealthGlobal HealthAdolescentMedicine
Background: The third stage of labour includes the separation and detachment of the placenta from the uterine wall, and ends with complete expulsion of the placenta and membrane. This period is the most hazardous stage for the birthing... more
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      PsychologyHIV and AIDS educationMalaysiaMedicine
This study assesses whether severity of physical partner aggression is associated with alcohol consumption at the time of the incident, and whether the relationship between drinking and aggression severity is the same for men and women... more
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      CriminologyDomestic ViolenceAdolescentPrevention
Professional autonomy interferes at a structural level with the various aspects of the health care system. The health care systems that can be distinguished all feature a specific design of professional autonomy, but experience their own... more
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      Applied EthicsHealth CareMedical EthicsClinical Sciences
A comparison of the coincidence summing correction methods is presented. Since there are several ways for computing these corrections, each method has advantages and drawbacks that could be compared. This part of the comparison was... more
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      AlgorithmsGamma SpectrometryArtifactsClinical Sciences
Internationally adopted children are often delayed in their development and demonstrate more behaviour problems than nonadopted children due to adverse preadoption circumstances. This is especially true for children adopted from Eastern... more
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      AdoptionEuropeLongitudinal StudiesInternationality
BACKGROUND-Brugada syndrome (BrS) is a common heritable channelopathy. Mutations in the SCN5A-encoded sodium channel (BrS1) culminate in the most common genotype.
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      CardiologyBiomedical EngineeringGlobal HealthPublic Domain
Based on systematic observation and analysis of available evidence, we propose a typology of crossborder patient mobility (rather than the so-called 'medical tourism') defined as the movement of a patient travelling to another country to... more
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      Human GeographyHealth CareMotivationTravel
The European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) was established to harmonise clinical antimicrobial breakpoints and to define breakpoints for new agents in Europe. Data from the European Antimicrobial Resistance... more
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      International CooperationEuropeBacteriaAdvisory Committees
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      PsychologySocial WorkEpidemiologyChild abuse and neglect
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      World War IIMultidisciplinaryNatureSmoking
Longitudinal integrated clerkships (LICs) represent a model of the structural redesign of clinical education that is growing in the USA, Canada, Australia and South Africa. By contrast with time-limited traditional block rotations,... more
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      EducationMedical EducationAustraliaLearning
Because, globally, HIV is transmitted mainly by sexual practices and intravenous drug use and because of a long asymptomatic period, healthcare-associated HIV transmission receives little attention even though an estimated 5.4% of global... more
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      EpidemiologyInjury PreventionMedicinePrevention
WHAT ABOUT POLICY REGARDING SDM? Since 1999, there has been a small but growing interest by academics, the government, and society as a whole in strengthening patients' and professionals' involvement in shared decision making... more
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      ForecastingChileHealth Services ResearchHealth Policy
Maryland, often bring their many concerns to Lori Conlan, the NIH's director of the office of postdoctoral services. Sometimes they have already reflected on their prospects, and have made the decision to seek an academic position, delve... more
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      MarketingJob SatisfactionMultidisciplinarySocial status
Continuous quality improvement (CQI) can be envisaged as a circular process of goal-setting, followed by external and internal evaluations resulting in improvements that can serve as goals for a next cycle. The need for CQI is apparent,... more
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      Program EvaluationDentistryEducational MeasurementQuality Improvement
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      EconomicsRecyclingDeveloping CountriesMultidisciplinary
A clinical record should include the personal demographic details of the patient, health status, diagnostic information and management/treatment options. However, clinical records are of little use without effective filing and retrieving... more
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      Information TechnologyManagement Information SystemsDentistryDeveloping Countries
Medical education is now a global enterprise, with many medical educators working internationally, either for short or longer periods or even permanently. In parallel, many medical schools are now involved in collaborations and... more
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      Medical EducationLanguageTeachingMiddle East
Focusing mainly on the United States and Latin America, we aimed to identify the constructions of social reality held by the major stakeholders participating in policy debates about global trade, public health, and health services. In a... more
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      EconomicsAnthropologyInternational TradeHealth Care
In recent decades, public health policy and practice have been increasingly challenged by globalization, even as global financing for health has increased dramatically. This article discusses globalization and its health challenges from a... more
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      Social ChangeGlobalizationPolitical ScienceGlobal Health
There is a large and ever increasing number of mobile phone health, wellness, and medical applications on the market. However, there is little guidance or quality assurance available for consumers. This paper provides a health consumer... more
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      Cell PhonesConsumer BehaviorTelemedicineLibrary and Information Studies
This article makes a contribution to the ongoing debates about universalism and cultural relativism from the perspective of sociology. We argue that bioethics has a universal range because it relates to three shared human... more
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      PhilosophyEthicsBioethicsHuman Rights
The 'crisis in human resources' in the health sector has been described as one of the most pressing global health issues of our time. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the world faces a global shortage of almost 4.3... more
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      GlobalizationGlobal HealthMidwiferyPhysicians
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      Information SystemsEngineeringProgram EvaluationMedical Informatics
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      NursingQuestionnairesPeritoneal DialysisPeritoneal Dialysis Related Infection
This paper looks at how the principles of internationalism have been integral to the Cuban health care system and to Cuba's cooperation and medical support in other countries around the world. The paper details the range and scope of... more
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      PsychologyCognitive SciencePsychiatryMedicine
International outreach by schools and colleges of pharmacy is increasing. In this paper, we provide current practice guidelines to establish and maintain successful global/international advanced pharmacy practice experiences (G/I APPEs)... more
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      Problem Based LearningMedicineTravelPharmacy Education
Objective To explore bibliometric markers in a worldwide sample of emergency physician investigators to define global, continental and individual patterns over time. Methods We evaluated the number of papers published, citations received,... more
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      NursingEmergency MedicineBibliometricsMedicine
PURPOSE The purpose of the study is to explore how gender norms emerge in romantic relationships among early adolescents (EAs) living in five poor urban areas. METHODS Data were collected as part of the Global Early Adolescent Study. The... more
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      EducationPovertyAdolescent HealthCourage
This chapter provides an international perspective on the promotion of positive development and the prevention of risky behavior among youth. We discuss some of the specific challenges that youth face in low-and middle-income countries... more
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      Program EvaluationPsychologyHealth PromotionHealth Behavior